Prt Scr: Vista

When in game, I use Prt Scr to capture in game images, which end up in the screen shot folder. When I ran XP, I could also use Prt Scr to capture images in Characeter Creator, Icon Costume Editor, and Character Selection screen. These would then need to be pasted onto another program, usually photoshop. Since going to Vista, this no longer works. In game screen shots still work properly, but when I paste images onto Photoshop I just get a black image. Is there a Vista setting to fix this?

Nope. It does actually work sometimes but it screws up most of the time. It can take a dozen tries before the image actually goes to the clipboard right.

The only work around I know is to use FRAPS (the free version is all you need for screenshots) or the WeGame client to take your screenshots.

Have any of you Windows 7 folks tried taking screenshots of the costume or enhancement screens to see if they work right under that OS?

I click Windows+M (Minimize All to Desktop) a couple times and then make City of the first program to get re-maximized. I wait a few seconds, tap Print Screen, and then shift to either Paint (basic capture) or Photoshop (want to crop the shot down) and Ctrl+V. Sometimes it takes me a few iterations of the cycle to get exactly what I want.

I also disabled the Snip Tool.

-- Lady T

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I click Windows+M (Minimize All to Desktop) a couple times and then make City of the first program to get re-maximized. I wait a few seconds, tap Print Screen, and then shift to either Paint (basic capture) or Photoshop (want to crop the shot down) and Ctrl+V. Sometimes it takes me a few iterations of the cycle to get exactly what I want.

I also disabled the Snip Tool.

-- Lady T

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Or, you could actually use the Snip Tool. It works. And with better options than the PrntScrn function.

http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Screen..._Snipping_Tool

Print Screen works perfectly every time for me, on my computer and laptop, and my girlfriend's computer. All three use Vista. All three are also running in Windowed mode. Do you run CoH Fullscreen or Windowed?